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Is the shift actually silver or brown coloured?

Hi folks,
I've seen pictures of the HTC shift on the net and in some pictures the shift looks brown in others it looks silver.
My question is, is the UK version of the shift silver or brown? (I hope it's silver it looks more classy than brown!)
Cheers

it is silver (not really silver... but a medium gray)... like the "clear" ones that you can see on the google search for images.
when it look like "brown" it is just because it is a dark picture, nothing else.

Release colours

Somebody has information about released colours?
I would like to see Desire HD in "white" colour...
And i can make suicide if i see after purchase a white version outside

BuzzyFuzzy said:
Somebody has information about released colours?
I would like to see Desire HD in "white" colour...
And i can make suicide if i see after purchase a white version outside
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It's unibody so grey alminium.....
Only thing may get other colours would be the plastic/rubber/plastic parts.

xmoo said:
It's unibody so grey alminium.....
Only thing may get other colours would be the plastic/rubber/plastic parts.
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The unibody is made out of aluminium and with anodizing aluminium you can add colors even white is possible.
Though, I don't think they'll be doing different colors.

a white regular desire has been spotted maybe they'll relase a white desire and D'HD and the same time

funfair said:
The unibody is made out of aluminium and with anodizing aluminium you can add colors even white is possible.
Though, I don't think they'll be doing different colors.
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Pull it apart. Get it anodized in your color and reassemble. See how easy that was...

funfair said:
The unibody is made out of aluminium and with anodizing aluminium you can add colors even white is possible.
Though, I don't think they'll be doing different colors.
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Several of the live videos are showing it with a brown back. And many pictures flying around are showing it black.
So it seems to be available in 2 colors?

BigMango said:
Several of the live videos are showing it with a brown back. And many pictures flying around are showing it black.
So it seems to be available in 2 colors?
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I've not seen the black version in any recent pics/video. Perhaps this was a pre-release version?? Would be nice to have confirmation what color and what type of screen the phone has before ordering!

maruchan78 said:
I've not seen the black version in any recent pics/video. Perhaps this was a pre-release version?? Would be nice to have confirmation what color and what type of screen the phone has before ordering!
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haha yes all the pictures on htc suggest brown so id say its pretty safe to bet on a brown one

GSMArena says it comes in Black and Brown, new HTC video seems to show the desire HD in both black and brown too, black can be seen towards the end of the video (35s):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35pReZQ6kho
Picked up these pics on the net:
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/6311/desirehdcolors.jpg
I personally want a black one, I've got my pre-order in at Play.com but the pics there show the brown one, it's all a bit confusing.

mupet0000 said:
GSMArena says it comes in Black and Brown, new HTC video seems to show the desire HD in both black and brown too, black can be seen towards the end of the video (35s):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35pReZQ6kho
Picked up these pics on the net:
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/6311/desirehdcolors.jpg
I personally want a black one, I've got my pre-order in at Play.com but the pics there show the brown one, it's all a bit confusing.
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hhmm... youre write *O.topic* Good vid

you can order the black in sweden at least
http://katshing.se/mobiler/htc/htc_desire_hd-12988_21924

I'm still not convinced. The video still looks like the brown (graphite) one to me. The picture just looks like a palette swapped version of the other one.
I'm hoping something more conclusive can prove me wrong! I don't mind what colour I get really - but I still fullly expect there to only be one at launch.

From Clove Technology (quite a reliable retailer)
'As far as we are aware we will be receiving the Brown model. Generally HTC give the black versions of their phones as a network exclusive in the UK. Whichever colour is released in the UK as SIM free/unlocked will be the same for every UK retailer'

[Q] Black DHD

Has anyone actually SEEN the elusive Black DHD?
I have my DHD on order, just got at notice that it is in the mail tomorrow and that it is the BLACK DHD. I am curious to see it.
If anyone is interested, I will of course post pics when it arrives, hopefully tomorrow evening.

I do not get your question. The only color I can order is black.

It only comes in the one colour which is a very dark brown which in some images appears as black depending on the lighting.

I hear that there is a 'dark brown' version AND a solid black version - as there is of the Desire itself I believe

So I got my DHD, and I am honestly not sure what color to call it.
To me, it looks more charcoal than either black or brown.

Call it gunmetal
Btw, forget all ideas about one black phone and that other one, there is ONLY ONE and it's dark brow/greynish color and black, looks very nice. Many people think there is a total black version but there isnt, its just different mixes when taking photos of ot, lot of it photoshop fixed i guess, so just forget about a total black version in the near future. I think this is pretty black.. gunmetal kinda look, it looks much better then it would in black only.

I'm not sure HTC know their colours very well. My desire was "dark brown" but was actually a shade of purpley gunmetal and my Desire HD was also advertised as "dark brown" but has the same purpley gunmetal at the back.
If there's one thing HTC does well, it's confuse forums all over the internet as to what colours their phones come in.

I've only seen it marketed as "Mocha" or "Black"
I've got the black one.
It's about the same black as the back cover of the HD2.

Bonzo said:
I've got the black one.
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Could you take a photo of it next to a brown one for comparison please? Go into any shop selling the Desire HD - all the ones in the shops are the same colour as mine, which is a brown/charcoal/black.

And no photo editing please
Edit, rezize and crop is accepted

boarne71 said:
And no photo editing please
Edit, rezize and crop is accepted
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You'll get people stretching pairs of tights over their camera lens or similar things instead!
I think everyone has now come to accept there is only one colour, whether it's advertised as black, mocha, graphite or brown.

dazultra2000 said:
You'll get people stretching pairs of tights over their camera lens or similar things instead!
I think everyone has now come to accept there is only one colour, whether it's advertised as black, mocha, graphite or brown.
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This have been talked about in so many threads that it should be banned by now

Printed Label On Box
Guys
Does it tell you the colour on the printed label stuck to the box?
I pre-ordered mine from Play.com and when it came it honestly had no hint of brown whatsoever. If not black, it was a charcoal colour. Anyway, I had to send it back because it was faulty (kept rebooting when in standby for only a few secs) and I'm now seeing a lot of stores advertising it as brown/mocha. Unfortunately I no longer have the box so I can't check this, but with my HTC Hero the sticker on the box which has the barcodes printed on it states "HTC Hero White" so I'm wondering if any of your boxes have the colour printed on the label, something like "HTC Desire HD Mocha" etc.
If your box does have the colour printed on the label, please state it here and say what colour you would call the phone. Should help clear up whether there is only the one colour.
Cheers.

P.S. GSM Arena also state that the phone is available in two colours, black and brown.

sonnysoul said:
P.S. GSM Arena also state that the phone is available in two colours, black and brown.
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im pretty sure its still 1 colour, i think it depends on the lighting more than anything however the one i used in vodafone looked black to me but it was a very dark show room so could just be lighting meh, brown or black the colour is close and the device inside it is still the same so does it matter ?
its not like the hero that came in black, white, pink ect.... black and brown are so close it barely matters in this case imo

Slate Grey VS Midnight Black VS Soft Gold - in-hand feel

Hi
Beside obvious color and RAM/storage differences, I'm trying to find out if there is a "feel" difference between slate grey, midnight black and light gold variants?
What I mean is:
- is one more "matte" or shiny than the others
- is one more slippery than the others
- is the finish layer more durable on any color
- etc.
I tried googleing for the answer, watching some youtube unboxing videos.... but couldn't find the answer.
Thanks

All the same

I think you can give them all in the hand of a blind man and for sure he will say "there's no difference here"

Question White Vs Black?

Which colour Nothing do you think looks the best?

I love the black phone. White will grab more attention, if you're into that sorta thing.
Glyphs look a lot cooler on the black phone imho

White looks good but the black looks clean with more detailed insides on the back!

I wonder how a mixed colors would look, if someone disassemble 2 of them and mix and match